Alton, Ill., Nov. 24.—E. S. Kennedy,
of East Alton, has sworn off calling on pre[s]idents for he is probably
the only man in the Unite[d] States who has seen two president[s]
of the United States assassinated. When President Garfield was shot
b[y] Charles Giteau Mr. Kennedy was standing within a few feet of
the chief executive and ran to his ai[d].
“I was right on the spot when President
McKi[n]ley was assassinated. I was in the line of people who w[er]e
s[h]aking hands with the president. I saw a fellow with his arm
in a sling. I was looking right at him when he shot the president.
“I didn’t see Roosevelt just [b]ecause
I was afraid I might see another president killed.”